Republicans failed in an effort to remove that section from the bill.
Subsequent Republicans have generally failed to achieve 30% of the total vote.
But the Republicans failed in their bid to take over the legislature.
From 1980 to 1992, the Republicans failed to meet their white target.
The Republicans passed some of their proposals, but failed on others such as term limits.
Republicans failed to get Democrats to agree to dismiss them.
At the same time he threatened to form a third party if Republicans failed to "clean this place up."
Here again, the Republicans failed, at a heavy cost, to achieve their objectives.
Republicans failed to act on their convictions for two years.
But he will not have to veto a bill if the Republicans fail to pass one.